Address - Setagaya-ku Kitazawa 2-19-13 Opening hours - Every day lunch and dinner Map - Yes. See also directions Telephone - 3414-0456 Menu - In Italian and Japanese CC - OK

Angelo Cozzolino, manager of La Befana, directs also "Il Cantuccio". Very different from La Befana, it is more expensive (but not unreasonably so, especially considering that the food is excellent) and less casual. I happen to prefer the plebeian spontaneity and explicit tastes of La Befana, but I must say that both restaurants are obviously the product of the same hand. Angelo Cozzolino is a good cook and an interesting, amusing, and lively man. His personality is definitely one of the assets of the restaurant. Recommended.

How to get there:
Il Cantuccio couldn't be easier to find. Get out of Shimo Kitazawa Station's south exit, go downhill past MacDonalds, and after a hundred meters on the right side of the Street you will see Il Cantuccio's sign.